Garment hanger



y 1935 c. TROUTMAN ET AL 2,008,604

GARMENT HANGER Filed Feb. 26, 1935 I INVENTORS 44d Charles L. Tr'oufmanClarenceF Trouiman Patented July 16, 1935 PATENT OFFICE GARMENT HANGERCharles L. Troutman and Clarence F. Troutman, Elyria, Ohio ApplicationFebruary 26, 1935, Serial No. 8,375

2 Claims.

This invention relates to garment hangers and has for an object toprovide an improved construction which is adapted to clamp a garmentmounted on a hanger over an appreciable surface in order to preventshifting of the garment on the hanger.

Another object of the invention is to provide a garment hanger having anappreciable clamping surface adapted to clamp a garment simultaneouslythroughout the clamping surface so that frail or easily torn garmentsmay be held without danger of tearing the garment.

An additional object is to provide a garment hanger having upper andlower clamping and supporting bars with a supporting hook and springsacting against the hook on one of the bars to cause the bars to beproperly actuated, the clamping bar being notched and the hook beingprovided with an ofiset portion whereby the thumb and two of the fingersof the person using the device may properly gage and move the clampingbar against the action of the springs.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a side view of a hangerdisclosing an embodiment of the invention, certain parts thereof beingbroken away to better disclose the in- Vention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view through Fig. 1, approximately on the line2--2.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, I indicates asupporting bar and 2 a clamping bar coacting with the supporting bar andpreferably made of the same shape and size. These bars may be made ofany desired material, as, for instance, wood. Cushions 3 and 4 aresecured to the upper surface of the supporting bar I, near the center,said cushions being held in place by cement or other suitable means andformed from felt or fabric, if preferred. Likewise the clamping bar 2 isprovided with cushioning members 5 and 6 held in place by cement orother suitable means, the cushioning means on bar 2 being on the lowersurface, while on bar I they are on the upper surface. The clamping bar2 is also provided with a notch 1 positioned centrally and adapted toreceive the thumbof the person desiring to move the bars I and 2 apartin order to apply a garment thereto.

As shown particularly in Fig. 1, there is provided a hook or suspendingmember'B which may be made in any desired way, as, for instance, by abent wire, which not only forms a hook but 'forms shoulders or abutments9 and I0, having spring guide rods II and I 2 extending through suitableapertures in a bar l3. Springs I4 and I5 surround the rods II and I2,and at one end press against the bar l3 and at the other against theupper surface of the clamping bar 2. The tension of these springs issufficient to grip rather firmly any garment mounted on the cushionmembers 3 and 4. The rods H and I2 extend loosely through apertures I6and I! formed in the clamping bar and through rather tightly fittedapertures in the supporting bar I. Preferably the lower ends of the rodsH and I2 are upset or riveted so as to form slight enlargements wherebythey properly support the bar I.

-When the device is in the position shown in Fig. 1 and it is desired toplace a garment thereon, preferably the thumb of the person using thehanger is placed in the notch 1 and two of the fingers on abutments 9and I0, after which the thumb and fingers thus positioned are moved to--ward each other for compressing the springs I4 and I 5, as indicated inFig. 2, and this causes the proper opening of the hanger, and, at thesame time, leaves both ends free whereby a person may readily mount the;garment on the hanger and adjust the same before releasing theclamping-bar 2. Upon releasing this bar the garment is properly graspedand clamped, and then the person using the device may place the hook 8over a stationary hook or other support whereby the garment will hangproperly.

We claim:

1. A hanger of the character described, comprising upper and lowerarc-shaped bars, said lower bar having on the upper surface a pair ofcushions, said cushions extending from the outer ends of the bar to nearthe center, said upper bar having cushioning members on the undersurface extending from the respective outer ends to near the center, asuspending member having a pair of rods secured to said lower bar andloosely extending through the upper bar, and a spring surrounding'eachof said rods acting at one end on the suspending member and at the otherend on the upper bar, causing the upper bar to resilientlymove towardthe lower bar.

2. A garment hanger, including a supporting bar, a clamping bar having apair of apertures, a suspending member having a pair of rods extendingloosely through said apertures with the lower ends secured to saidsupporting bar, said clamping bar having a notch arranged centrallythereof and indenting the lower surface, said suspending member havingshoulders at the upper ends of said rods, and a spring surrounding eachof said rods, said springs at one end acting against the shoulders andat the other end against said clamping bar for moving the clamping bartowards the supporting bar, said shoulders and said notch being, adaptedto be engaged by two fingers and the thumb ofa person and moved towardeach other when the clamping bar is moved away from the supporting bar.

CHARLES L. TROUTMAN. CLARENCE F. TROUTMAN.

